CEES Seminar - Tuesday March 8th, 3:30

[Natalie Campbell]

*The CEES Seminar Series presents*
*Dr. Pete Ryan - *Professor of Geology, Middlebury College
*Soils in tropical volcanic arc environments: Tectonics, chemical
weathering, soil quality and carbon sequestration potential*
*Tuesday March 8th, **3:30pm. *
*Yokum 208*

High temperatures and rainfall in the tropics cause these environments to
experience the greatest rates of chemical weathering globally.  Over time,
these factors combine to produce infertile lateritic soils like those of
the Amazon basin, but in tectonically active tropical areas, new
unweathered soil
parent materials are continually regenerated by factors like volcanism,
uplift and erosion. This talk explores the complex mosaic of soils in
tectonically-active tropical environments, with implications ranging from
quantifying uplift rates to soil fertility and sequestration of carbon
dioxide.

If you have any questions regarding the seminar please contact Dr. Mark
Lesser (mless004 at plattsburgh.edu)
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